Help me recognise this knife

[sector]

This is from a Japanese TV drama from the 80's dose anybody recognise this knife ?
https://imgur.com/a/LW9e0Gn
https://imgur.com/a/hDuJ9z6
https://imgur.com/a/UsxvNzQ

 

[abcdef]

That's a tough one.

 

[jackknife]

The last shot looks an awful lot like a Boker Titanium that was produced in the 1980's.

 

[GIRLYmann]

The last shot looks an awful lot like a Boker Titanium that was produced in the 1980's.

there's a pretty strong possibility
that you might have nailed it!

 

[sector]

Thank you so much !
I was very helpful.

 

[A.L.]

Yeap, reminded me of Böker titanium too!

 

[unwisefool]

What TV show was it?

 

[Planterz]

The last shot looks an awful lot like a Boker Titanium that was produced in the 1980's.

That was my first thought too.

 

[sector]

What TV show was it?

This is a police television drama called Abunai Deka (あぶない刑事, lit. "Dangerous Detectives").

 

[KenHash]

Oh wow..Tachi Hiroshi...lol. Old old jdrama.
In Japanese TV dramas over the last 20 years I've seen SOG sealpup, Kershaw 1050, a Hattori dive knife, lots of Cold Steels including Ti-Lite, and quite a few I recognized at the time of viewing but have now forgotten. And way too many made-in-china knives to count. One that did catch my eye though was a damascus bowie branded Winchester. But crime drama weapons tend to be mostly kitchen knives of various kinds.
What you don't see are "Tanto" bladed knives and double edged daggers, as both are now illegal to possess in Japan. This despite real Tantos and swords are depicted in period (samurai) dramas all the time.　

 

[Llasi]

 

[A.L.]

What you don't see are "Tanto" bladed knives and double edged daggers, as both are now illegal to possess in Japan. This despite real Tantos and swords are depicted in period (samurai) dramas all the time.　

How is this possible? I mean, people do own and make swords in Japan. Or is it that tantos are specified as knives and not swords? Where is the line drawn?

 

[KenHash]

How is this possible? I mean, people do own and make swords in Japan. Or is it that tantos are specified as knives and not swords? Where is the line drawn?

Katanas, Wakizashis, Tantos etc, all traditional Japanese bladed weapons share the common characteristic of being able to be broken down into components. the blade and tang, tsuba, handle. And the blade can be transported in a Shirasaya. Owners must register them under the "Gun and Sword Law".
In contrast, a "Tanto" knife, is a knife with a Tanto styled blade. It can not be taken apart. This puts it into the "Knife" category.

This came about as a knee-jerk reaction to a knife incident in Tokyo in 2008.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akihabara_massacre
The mass media hyped the danger of knives "designed for use against people". The result was legislation that made all daggers with double edges and knives with "Tanto" styled blades illegal to possess.
As a side note, the dagger that was used in the crime was some cheap no-name Chinese made knife. There was considerable dissatisfaction among the knifemakers in Seki when this happened.

 

[A.L.]

Katanas, Wakizashis, Tantos etc, all traditional Japanese bladed weapons share the common characteristic of being able to be broken down into components. the blade and tang, tsuba, handle. And the blade can be transported in a Shirasaya. Owners must register them under the "Gun and Sword Law".
In contrast, a "Tanto" knife, is a knife with a Tanto styled blade. It can not be taken apart. This puts it into the "Knife" category.

This came about as a knee-jerk reaction to a knife incident in Tokyo in 2008.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akihabara_massacre
The mass media hyped the danger of knives "designed for use against people". The result was legislation that made all daggers with double edges and knives with "Tanto" styled blades illegal to possess.
As a side note, the dagger that was used in the crime was some cheap no-name Chinese made knife. There was considerable dissatisfaction among the knifemakers in Seki when this happened.

Ah okay, thanks for clearing that up. Yeah, no doubt that will upset knife makers and owners. I bet you could still do same sort of terror attack with kitchen knife but the politicians are politicians..